(#6043) The difference between politics and sports

      Too often I see folks who are far more passionate about sports than they are about politics. Which leaves me concerned about why we are. Apparently the entertainment business is getting much more coverage than the state of our democracy and why it is essential to everything in our lives including sports. Let me be clear! Politics is everything and sports are just a subset of that. If you neglect the politics in your life then your sports will begin to change from exciting to an afterthought. It is hard rooting on a sports team when your back is shackled with demands from some figurehead.
     When we secure our democracy and defend it from all attacks is when we are truly free to enjoy the thrills of victory in our sports arenas. Our sports are a reflection of our common health. If we are generally happy our favored sports teams become more important to us. When we are oppressed the sports teams diminish because we are not as happy nor free in our thoughts and actions. I think of our politics like this. We are team America and whatever strategy we must employ to protect and defend our democracy is how we ensure the victory of our democracy over all who would take it from us. I know politics isn't a sport but it is strategy and sports this day and age is mostly about strategy.
     Let me reiterate: Politics is everything to our societies and keeping our democracy is and always will be our number one priority. Sports is a subset of our democracy, just a subset. To keep our sports in a thrilling manner we must protect our democracy so that the free will of all can flow throughout. I get passionate about my sports teams like most all of us. However, it is friendly banter, not life and death like protecting our democracy. Scoring points and declaring a victor is satisfying but it is nothing in comparison to putting your life on the line to protect what is good and worthy of sacrifice. Defending democracy will always be a greater achievement than any success attained on a field of play.